diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d.c b/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d.c
index 366190609c73c10c04830db52706a623c2191bc6..271338bdb6be55e5319349ef90fc127388ded3d9 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d.c
@@ -438,6 +438,26 @@ int lis3lv02d_init_device(struct lis3lv02d *dev)
 	if (lis3lv02d_joystick_enable())
 		printk(KERN_ERR DRIVER_NAME ": joystick initialization failed\n");
 
+	/* passing in platform specific data is purely optional and only
+	 * used by the SPI transport layer at the moment */
+	if (dev->pdata) {
+		struct lis3lv02d_platform_data *p = dev->pdata;
+
+		if (p->click_flags && (dev->whoami == LIS_SINGLE_ID)) {
+			dev->write(dev, CLICK_CFG, p->click_flags);
+			dev->write(dev, CLICK_TIMELIMIT, p->click_time_limit);
+			dev->write(dev, CLICK_LATENCY, p->click_latency);
+			dev->write(dev, CLICK_WINDOW, p->click_window);
+			dev->write(dev, CLICK_THSZ, p->click_thresh_z & 0xf);
+			dev->write(dev, CLICK_THSY_X,
+					(p->click_thresh_x & 0xf) |
+					(p->click_thresh_y << 4));
+		}
+
+		if (p->irq_cfg)
+			dev->write(dev, CTRL_REG3, p->irq_cfg);
+	}
+
 	/* bail if we did not get an IRQ from the bus layer */
 	if (!dev->irq) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR DRIVER_NAME
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d.h b/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d.h
index 5a5a196e6a66870eca4fbc6d06d95ae01f99a1d9..e320e2f511f160ee7a81dac45fec755575f9ee22 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d.h
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d.h
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@
  * They can also be connected via I²C.
  */
 
+#include <linux/lis3lv02d.h>
+
 /* 2-byte registers */
 #define LIS_DOUBLE_ID	0x3A /* LIS3LV02D[LQ] */
 /* 1-byte registers */
 #define LIS_SINGLE_ID	0x3B /* LIS[32]02DL and others */
 
-enum lis3lv02d_reg {
+enum lis3_reg {
 	WHO_AM_I	= 0x0F,
 	OFFSET_X	= 0x16,
 	OFFSET_Y	= 0x17,
@@ -62,6 +64,19 @@ enum lis3lv02d_reg {
 	FF_WU_THS_L	= 0x34,
 	FF_WU_THS_H	= 0x35,
 	FF_WU_DURATION	= 0x36,
+};
+
+enum lis302d_reg {
+	CLICK_CFG	= 0x38,
+	CLICK_SRC	= 0x39,
+	CLICK_THSY_X	= 0x3B,
+	CLICK_THSZ	= 0x3C,
+	CLICK_TIMELIMIT	= 0x3D,
+	CLICK_LATENCY	= 0x3E,
+	CLICK_WINDOW	= 0x3F,
+};
+
+enum lis3lv02d_reg {
 	DD_CFG		= 0x38,
 	DD_SRC		= 0x39,
 	DD_ACK		= 0x3A,
@@ -183,6 +198,8 @@ struct lis3lv02d {
 	struct fasync_struct	*async_queue; /* queue for the misc device */
 	wait_queue_head_t	misc_wait; /* Wait queue for the misc device */
 	unsigned long		misc_opened; /* bit0: whether the device is open */
+
+	struct lis3lv02d_platform_data *pdata;	/* for passing board config */
 };
 
 int lis3lv02d_init_device(struct lis3lv02d *lis3);
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d_spi.c b/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d_spi.c
index 07ae74b0e191103564e881801ec4bc27225d8470..3827ff04485f9a726c3d5c8f8e6ab1742c309b4e 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lis3lv02d_spi.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ static int __devinit lis302dl_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	lis3_dev.write = lis3_spi_write;
 	lis3_dev.irq = spi->irq;
 	lis3_dev.ac = lis3lv02d_axis_normal;
+	lis3_dev.pdata = spi->dev.platform_data;
 	spi_set_drvdata(spi, &lis3_dev);
 
 	ret = lis3lv02d_init_device(&lis3_dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/lis3lv02d.h b/include/linux/lis3lv02d.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ad651f4e45acb8ce36dedff46e9b55784fa4d963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/lis3lv02d.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#ifndef __LIS3LV02D_H_
+#define __LIS3LV02D_H_
+
+struct lis3lv02d_platform_data {
+	/* please note: the 'click' feature is only supported for
+	 * LIS[32]02DL variants of the chip and will be ignored for
+	 * others */
+#define LIS3_CLICK_SINGLE_X	(1 << 0)
+#define LIS3_CLICK_DOUBLE_X	(1 << 1)
+#define LIS3_CLICK_SINGLE_Y	(1 << 2)
+#define LIS3_CLICK_DOUBLE_Y	(1 << 3)
+#define LIS3_CLICK_SINGLE_Z	(1 << 4)
+#define LIS3_CLICK_DOUBLE_Z	(1 << 5)
+	unsigned char click_flags;
+	unsigned char click_thresh_x;
+	unsigned char click_thresh_y;
+	unsigned char click_thresh_z;
+	unsigned char click_time_limit;
+	unsigned char click_latency;
+	unsigned char click_window;
+
+#define LIS3_IRQ1_DISABLE	(0 << 0)
+#define LIS3_IRQ1_FF_WU_1	(1 << 0)
+#define LIS3_IRQ1_FF_WU_2	(2 << 0)
+#define LIS3_IRQ1_FF_WU_12	(3 << 0)
+#define LIS3_IRQ1_DATA_READY	(4 << 0)
+#define LIS3_IRQ1_CLICK		(7 << 0)
+#define LIS3_IRQ2_DISABLE	(0 << 3)
+#define LIS3_IRQ2_FF_WU_1	(1 << 3)
+#define LIS3_IRQ2_FF_WU_2	(2 << 3)
+#define LIS3_IRQ2_FF_WU_12	(3 << 3)
+#define LIS3_IRQ2_DATA_READY	(4 << 3)
+#define LIS3_IRQ2_CLICK		(7 << 3)
+#define LIS3_IRQ_OPEN_DRAIN	(1 << 6)
+#define LIS3_IRQ_ACTIVE_HIGH	(1 << 7)
+	unsigned char irq_cfg;
+};
+
+#endif /* __LIS3LV02D_H_ */